Hi eric and mikebits
last afternoon I was out of the office
I did had a look on sourceforge.net and still explore a bit on it it's seems a good site for this kind of stuff
till now I ve seen only comercialy (pricy solutions there) that can't be justified yet for my aplications
I don't have a RD budget as these things are not our core buisnes
(we are a plumbing company and I am running several projects my self and solve the problems on other projects if they come to a stage that nobody knows it anny more (technical but also managementwise))
so i first have to build something that i can shows a small% of the the posibilitys to make the next step
i do combine it with my hobby (work and hobby together is a good combination if you have the position) so personaly i am willing to put some money in it but as i said I don't have a RD budget
eric i am intressted to have a try with the software you use
I will first set up some hardware
the idea with the PIC is verry apealing but more dificult to execute here as there is no PICs availible here
those mcp3204 looks quite do ible still have to investigate if they are availible here
otherwise i have to shedule a trip to bangkok (I will buy the PICs also then and a programer (and presents for my wife to compensate the late nightes that i will be studying the programing
))
Robert-Jan